deceitful
adjective/dɪˈsiːtfəl/
Frequency rank: #13,432 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Intending to deceive; likely to lie or mislead others.
Example sentence
Everyone at work knew he was deceitful and could not be trusted with important information.
Synonyms & related words
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